DANCE-HALL BRAWL
RUSSIANS FIRE INTO CROWD (Rec. 10.30 a.m.) VIENNA, March 30. Three Russian soldiers killed three Austrians and wounded 19 others with revolver fire in a dance-hall brawl at Josefberg, south of Vienna, last night, stated Austrian officials. According to the British United Press correspondent, the Russians fired sub-machineguns into the dancers. The Ministry of the Interior spokesman said the fight broke out between Austrian civilians and one Russian soldier, who went for help and returned with' two companions in an Army truck. They fired into the crowd, killing two instantly. A third died on the way to hospital.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 68, Issue 144, 31 March 1948, Page 3
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